In 1959, the military division of Westinghouse Canada developed a stabilized camera mount for the Canadian Defense Research Establishment.

In 1974, WESSCAM inventor Nox Leavitt purchased the lab equipment and patents from Westinghouse and founded Istec Limited, Isolation Stabilization Technologies.

As part of L3 Technologies, Wescam has expanded its presence in the U.S., and increased its base of products and service offerings to customers.

They are currently used by defence, homeland security, and law enforcement agencies as well as in televised sporting events, such as NASCAR.

The MX-10MS (MS:Marinized System) has also been created,[7] and Zyvex Technologies has operated it on the Piranha Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV).

WESCAM's MX 10 is a compact Multi-Sensor, Multi-Spectral imaging system for surveillance missions from light aircraft.

A color camera used primarily during the day can read an object the size of a license plate from more than 750 feet away.

This larger system is typically installed on large, fixed-wing aircraft,[11][12] such as the P-3 Orion, Bayraktar Akıncı and Aerostats.